Military sends mixed messages
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| Topics: military, PTSD, recovery
Calling PTSD the “unseen wounds” of war, Sec. of Defense Robert Gates is urging soldiers to get help “to remove the stigma.” Yet in practice, there are people like Sgt. Scott Metcalf, Minnesota National Guard, whose doctors say he has PTSD, but “the Army officially says he doesn't.” NPR reports on his 14-month hospitalized struggle, and the eventual disability rating of anxiety disorder, which carries a lesser benefit.
